AUSTRALIA booked a date against Sweden and Poland in Saturday's Speedway World Cup final at Wroclaw after emerging victorious in the third and final qualifier in Gdansk last night.

King's Lynn's Jason Crump led from the front with the first maximum of the competition as the pre-tournament favourites pulled away from the challenging Americans to take the round by a substantial 15 point winning margin.

USA and the Czech Republic qualified to go forward to meet Team Great Britain, Denmark and Russia in Thursday's night's last-chance meeting in Wroclaw, where the top two will also progress into Saturday's five-team final.

The Aussies were never headed on the night, and they equalled Poland's achievement on Sunday in supplying 16 of the 24 race winners. Crump was in sublime form to rattle off five of those wins, his only hint of trouble coming in his fourth outing when America's Sam Ermolenko almost got upsides of him before having to accept second best.

Todd Wiltshire and Leigh Adams were only beaten once each, while Ryan Sullivan dropped points in two heats, but produced some of the most captivating action of the night.

He powered from fourth to first in heat 14, only to be retaken as the not-to-be-out-done Bo Brhel dived back under him on a cut-and-thrust final lap.

The Americans, without the injured Billy Hamill, threw rookie Billy Janniro in at the deep end and the Coventry reserve crowned his 21st birthday with his first international win in heat seven.

Greg Hancock ran five successive second places but the Americans, as well as pursuing the Aussies, also had to keep tabs on the Czechs, who got within a point of the Statesiders after Brhel's thrilling victory over Sullivan in heat 14.

They might have got even closer had the impressive Brhel's machine not given up with the chequered flag in sight when he came in as a Tactical Joker in heat 21.

But it was Australia who celebrated at the end, though Adams was wary afterwards about shouting the odds too loudly.

"We are looking to win it," he said, "but this was only half the job done and there is still a long way to go. It has been difficult sitting around for three days watching the other meetings but now we have got going I honestly feel we can finish on top of the rostrum in Wroclaw.